“Stock-based Compensation 35 Table of Contents Three Months Ended March 31, % Change 2026 2025 (dollars in millions) Cost of revenues: Subscription $ 84 $ 68 24 % Professional services and other 12 11 9 % Operating expenses: Sales and marketing 150 148 1 % Res…”10-Q · Apr 23, 2026 ↗
ServiceNow, Inc.
NOW
Market read
ServiceNow, Inc.'s move is being confirmed by its market group.
The latest filing is mixed. 5 of 35 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 25 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 22.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 1.3 percentage points.
- At least 23 of 35 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- A filing-linked outsider such as ASAN begins moving with the group.
Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 12 of 35 members or fewer.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 5 of 35 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 25 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 22.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 1.3 percentage points.
- Gross margin fell 3.9 percentage points.
- Net margin fell 2.5 percentage points.
- At least 23 of 35 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- A filing-linked outsider such as ASAN begins moving with the group.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +20.9% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +1.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 3.11x in the latest annual period.
- Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- P/E is 364% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 164% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
131.15Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Other Income (Expense), net Three Months Ended March 31, % Change 2026 2025 (dollars in millions) Interest expense $ (6) $ (6) — % Other 88 (5) NM Other income (expense), net $ 82 $ (11) NM Percentage of revenues 2% —% NM - Not meaningful Other income (expens…”10-Q · Apr 23, 2026 ↗
“These increases were partially offset by an impairment of assets of $30 million that was recorded in the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.”10-Q · Jul 23, 2026 ↗
“The acquisition is expected to close during the second half of 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.”10-K · Jan 29, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 10.3× · EV/sales 10.1×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for NOW. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-04-23 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-23.
What improved
- Revenue increased 22.1% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating margin fell 1.3 percentage points.
- Gross margin fell 3.9 percentage points.
- Net margin fell 2.5 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“Stock-based Compensation 35 Table of Contents Three Months Ended March 31, % Change 2026 2025 (dollars in millions) Cost of revenues: Subscription $ 84 $ 68 24 % Professional services and other 12 11 9 % Operating expenses: Sales and marketing 150 148 1 % Research and development 236 185 28 % General and administrative 76 58 31 % Total stock-based compensation $ 558 $ 470 19 % Percentage of revenues 15% 15% Stock-based compensation increased by $88 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to additional grants to current and new employees and stock-based awards granted in connection with acquisitions.”
“Other Income (Expense), net Three Months Ended March 31, % Change 2026 2025 (dollars in millions) Interest expense $ (6) $ (6) — % Other 88 (5) NM Other income (expense), net $ 82 $ (11) NM Percentage of revenues 2% —% NM - Not meaningful Other income (expense), net increased by $93 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily driven by unrealized gains on strategic investments.”
“Sales and Marketing Three Months Ended March 31, % Change 2026 2025 (dollars in millions) Sales and marketing $ 1,216 $ 1,054 15 % Percentage of revenues 32% 34% Sales and marketing expenses increased by $162 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to increased headcount resulting in an increase in personnel-related costs including stock-based compensation and overhead expenses of $73 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind NOW
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
ACNAccenture plcpartnerJan 29, 2026 ▾
“Additionally, our relationships with global system integrators such as Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, EY, Infosys and KPMG, among others, continue to help us expand our business by offering ServiceNow solutions to their customers.”
INFYInfosys LimitedpartnerJan 29, 2026 ▾
“Additionally, our relationships with global system integrators such as Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, EY, Infosys and KPMG, among others, continue to help us expand our business by offering ServiceNow solutions to their customers.”
Depended on by
KDKyndryl Holdings, Inc.partnerMay 29, 2026 ▾
“We have several key partnerships, including with Amazon Web Services, Broadcom, Cisco, Dell, Dynatrace, Google Cloud, HPE, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, Rubrik, SAP and ServiceNow that accelerate market participation, joint solution…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
NOW is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Software Stocks. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.